Rifkind, C. (2021). Comic relief: graphic anthology chronicles fear, uncertainty and hope amid pandemic’s early days. Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved from https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/comic-relief-574264732.html
ABSTRACT:
As we move into a possible third wave of COVID-19, the early days of the pandemic in spring 2020 are starting to feel like a distant past, when everything was in flux and there was neither an old nor a new normal. Wondering whether to wear masks, leaving groceries in the garage for three days and searching high and low for toilet paper all seem like experiences of another era. These early days of pandemic uncertainty, anxiety and disruption are captured in all their rich diversity and strangeness in COVID Chronicles, an exquisite anthology of 64 original short comics from around the world that document the emergence of the virus and its effects, alongside the rise of Black Lives Matter and other social justice movements.